Best of Fest AwardThe Best of Fest winner, a Grand Prize, is awarded by the Grand Jury to the best film in the festival. All categories are eligible. Winner receives $5,000 for their next film production and the FilmQuest trophy.Sponsor:FantasyCon Cash Award Value: 5,000 U.S. Dollar
This prize is shared with other categories.

2nd PlaceThe 2nd place winner in the Best of Fest category, awarded by the Grand Jury and eligible to all films in the festival, will be awarded a plaque and $2,500 for use in the filmmaker's next film production.Sponsor:FantasyCon Cash Award Value: 2,500 U.S. Dollar
This prize is shared with other categories.

3rd PlaceThe 2nd place winner in the Best of Fest category, awarded by the Grand Jury and eligible to all films in the festival, will be awarded a plaque and $1,000 for use in the filmmaker's next film production. Sponsor:FantasyCon Cash Award Value: 1,000 U.S. Dollar
This prize is shared with other categories.

Individual CategoriesThe festival will be presenting numerous awards, with the Selection Committee and Grand Jury selecting the winners. The awards include the Director's Award, Best Feature, Best Short, Best Music Video, Best Student Film, Best Animated Film, Best Tv/Web Series, Best Commercial/Ad, Best Unproduced Screenplay, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Screenplay, Best Score, Best Sound, Best Production Design, Best Costumes, Best Makeup, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, and Best Visual Effects. All awards will be given a trophy and/or plaque, along with numerous other prizes. Sponsor:FantasyCon
This prize is shared with other categories.

CATEGORY RULES
There are not many rules for the films that we'll screen at FilmQuest. But these rules apply to ALL categories and ALL films.

We will NOT accept films as an Official Selection that are:1. Pornographic in nature. Or just straight-up pornography.2. The dialogue has more swearing in it than actual dialogue (if you feel your film may need a special exception to this rule, you can email us and explain your case. We will listen.).3. Films that are bigoted, racist, hateful, etc.

That's it. We're pretty open here.

We promote tolerance with our festival, and we will not stand for films that belittle others for no other purpose but the filmmaker's own amusement. We want to hear many voices, no matter how unique, but we also want to allow for audiences of all ages to enjoy, have access to, and experience the Official Selections of the Festival.

Finally, as a reminder, Fan Films are 40 minutes or less. Anything over 40 minutes, submit in the Features category.